1987 Subaru GL 4WD Front Half Shaft Replacement

[sunflowersubaru]

Broken boot on the CV joint side of a half shaft.

 

Cannot tell from oem service manual if removing the bearings, spacer and inner/outer seals from the housing is required in order to replace the entire half shaft. If so, are new bearings, spacer, and inner/seals required?

 

Can the CV joint be rebooted by alternatively breaking down the DOJ after its been removed from the differential spindle with the axle still in the housing? Thought here is to only replace the CV boot.

 

Thank you.

[MilesFox]

The seals and bearings do not have to come out to service the axle. You can service the axle boots without having to remove the spindle end from the knuckle.

 

If you can get the ball joint apart, you can remove the roll pin on the DOJ end of the axle, pull it off the trans, and pull the doj cup off the axle and reboot it. You will need to remove the circlip on the inner bearing race of the doj to get the boots over the axle shaft.

 

It is not much more work to remove the axle entirely and bench build it, or simply replace it. There are tricks to get the axle in and out without special tools.

 

you may as well replace the seals if you have the axle out, as the bearings will only last as long as the seals do.

[sunflowersubaru]

Thank you.